October 7, hour by hour: How the Hamas attack on Israel unfolded
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What happened
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a series of deadly attacks on Israeli towns and military sites near the Gaza border in a massive, coordinated assault. We look back, hour by hour, at how the events unfolded that day and how it has become known as the biggest massacre that the Jewish state has ever seen.
Summary assembled by rule from the sources below